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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Expulser/Fornications/Greyhaze Records/2017 EP Re-Issue Review

Expulser where a band from Brazil that played an early bestial mixture of black, death and thrash metal and this is a review of their 1990 ep "Fornications" which was re-issued in 2017 by Greyhaze Records.

Wind sounds start off the ep before going into a heavier musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of dark sounding melodies while t he vocals bring in a mixture of bestial death metal growls and grim black metal screams and when t he music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard.

During the faster sections of the songs a great amount of tremolo picking can be heard which also gives the songs a more raw feeling while also bringing in a style that would later evolve into war metal along with the riffs also mixing in elements of thrash and the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very chaotic fashion.

Expulser played a musical style that was very aggressive and brutal for its time and mixed the rawest and heaviest elements of war, black, death and thrash metal to create one of the heaviest releases of 1990, the production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Darkness, Satanism and Evil themes.

In my opinion Expulser where a very great sounding early bestial mixture of black, death and thrash metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACK "The Offensor". 8/5 out of 10.